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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

2. In Chapter 4, where will Electra leave a weapon for Orestes?
(a) In his food.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Third step of stairs to an old garden.
(d) In the courtyard by a statue.

3. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/3 of a mile.
(c) 1/2 a mile.
(d) A mile.

4. In Chapter 4, when does Clytemnestra say that Orestes' room is best?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

5. In Chatper 2 in the story Mithros told, how long did swans fly?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 900 years.
(d) 120 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?

2. In Chapter 2, how many guards lead Orestes away from the palace?

3. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

4. In Chapter 2 when the old woman dies, how long have the boys lived with her?

5. In Chapter 2 when water is found in a house with a man and a woman, how much is Orestes given?

(see the answer key)

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